Rondo Alla Turca (Metal Version) · Mozart

130 bars of 4/4 at 140 BPM, about 3:15 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
140 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
130
LENGTH
3:15
DIFFICULTY
77/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 19% of the song

The beat the song is built on is a 2-bar phrase, played through bars 34-36, 38-40 and 42-44, and 5 more places -- 18.5% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 140 BPM
RONDO ALLA TURCA (METAL VERSION) · BARS 34-35
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

4 fills to learn, played 11 times: bars 1, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 and 5 more.

LOOP · 140 BPM
BAR 1 · LANDS ON BAR 2
LOOP · 140 BPM
BARS 29-33 · LANDS ON BAR 34 · PLAYED 5 TIMES
LOOP · 140 BPM
BAR 49 · LANDS ON BAR 50 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 140 BPM
BAR 65 · LANDS ON BAR 66 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

130 bars across 18 sections: 85 keep time, 11 are fills and 7 are stops. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 99-122.

PART C
PART H
CHORUS
PART H
CHORUS 3
PART H
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
8 groovesLQHOC+3Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Rondo Alla Turca (Metal Version)?

140 BPM, in 4/4, with the time kept in sixteenth notes. The room plays it at any tempo from a quarter of that up to the written one, against the record where the record can follow.

Is Rondo Alla Turca (Metal Version) hard to play on drums?

77 out of 100: demanding, mostly on how many notes a second it asks for. The beat itself is 71 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

130 bars, about 3:15 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 39 exercises over 14 sittings, about 24 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot. That is most of a full kit; the part moves around it rather than sitting in one place.

How many fills are in Rondo Alla Turca (Metal Version)?

4 fills to learn, played 11 times: bars 1, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 and 5 more.

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